Famine in Gaza, says UN aid chief
As Gazans experience "the highest levels of food insecurity ever recorded," famine is "around the corner," according to UN emergency assistance head Martin Griffiths.
In a statement released on Friday, Griffiths said that Gaza had turned into “a place of death and despair,” citing tens of thousands of deaths, attacks on medical institutions, and a dearth of operational hospitals.
He went on, "Hope has never been more elusive."
According to Griffiths, a public health catastrophe is developing as infectious illnesses proliferate in overcrowded shelters and sewers overflow, and 180 Palestinian women "are giving birth daily amidst this chaos."
"Gaza is just no longer livable. The world looks on while its people face daily risks to their basic survival," Griffiths stated in a statem...